Sentences with phrase «partner at a major law firm»

You also notice that Jim is now a partner at a major law firm.

Top M&A partners charge between $ 1,200 and $ 1,400 an hour, and the average hourly rate for a senior partner at a major law firm is $ 1,000, according to consulting firm Valeo Partners.

If you don't want to be a partner at a major law firm then going there first is fine.

According to the National Association for Law Placement, a trade group that provides career counselling to lawyers and law students, only about 17 percent of the partners at major law firms nationwide [US] were women in 2005, a figure that has risen only slightly since 1995, when about 13 percent of partners were women.

Jeremy Blachman is not a hiring partner at a major law firm, but he is the author of a popular blog called Anonymous Lawyer.

Not exact matches

Over the course of his private practice legal career, Jimmy was a partner at three major U.S. law firms — most recently Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.

Not one executive of any major Wall Street firm that caused the financial crash in 2008 through fraudulent activities was prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — which was headed at the time by law partners from Covington & Burling — the Big Tobacco law firm that was singled out in a Federal Court decision for hiding the deadly effects of cigarette smoke for decades.

David spent more than twenty years practicing business law as a partner at a major Canadian law firm before embarking on a business career where he has been instrumental in the significant growth of several notable firms.

article) I was also pondering the comment of a good friend of mine, a senior equity partner at one of the major City firms, who admitted to me last week that lawyers in the City «are earning more money than we ever thought possible when we started in law», adding wryly «and quite a lot of us don't really believe we're worth it».

Michael Sachs, partner at Major Lindsey & Africa, a legal recruiting and staffing company, said businesses may loosen the purse strings in the future but days of spending $ 500 for a law firm contract review are gone.

«The move, by Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, reflects one of the largest efforts by a major US law firm to aggressively recruit more than a handful of minorities to the positions of partner or counsel at any one time.

A double - dip recession in the UK has put only a minor dent in business confidence at major law firms, with four out of five partners predicting income growth over the next 12 months.

Partners remain bullish regarding the ethics and governance standards at major commercial law firms despite several high - profile investigations involving alleged financial wrong - doing.

Douglas New, a partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Toronto and co-chairman of the firm's diversity committee, says LLD has been very active in encouraging major law firms to join their initiative.

Before moving in - house, Ken was a partner at a major multinational law firm.

Douglas Connell, the senior partner at the Edinburgh law firm Turcan Connell, welcomed the change saying: «There could be major advantages for local firms throughout Scotland, and indeed the UK, with accountants, solicitors, financial advisers, surveyors and other professionals having the option of coming together to share overheads, whilst adding value to client services and helping to secure their survival through difficult times.»

Kathleen Healy, partner in the employment, pensions and benefits practice at international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, says: «Unless it is managed properly, it could cause a major headache for employers, who need to ensure that requests are managed fairly, and that decisions are based on objective business grounds.

Ninety - five per cent of managing partners at the UK's leading law firms predict major consolidation at the top end of the legal sector over the next two years, a survey of more than 100 of the UK's top 200 law firms shows.

John lives in the Chicago suburb of Clarendon Hills with his wife, Christi, who is a real estate partner at a major Chicago law firm, and their children.

Generally, top grades are distributed relatively evenly between men and women in law school yet women comprise only 17 percentage of partners at major firms.

They are inspiring, they are motivating, they are moving, and sometimes you even find a major law firm litigation partner speaking at one.

Before joining Eversheds Sutherland (US) in 2011, Doug served as vice president of property tax services for a major information technology and services company, as principal of the property tax services group with one of the Big Four accounting firms and as a partner at two midsize law firms.

«The days of the $ 50,000 Web site are pretty much gone,» says Jeff Yerkey, a founding partner at Charette Communication Design, which has designed sites for Shearman & Sterling, as well as K&L Gates, and is currently designing and conceiving sites for four other major law firms.

I confirmed that sense the other day over breakfast with a partner in management at a major law firm.

Chambers has noticed that, increasingly, younger partners are taking on leadership roles of key practices at major law firms.

At major United States law firms, the «compensation spread» (ratio between the highest partner salary and lowest partner salary) among firms disclosing information ranges from 3:1 to 24:1.

Lexpert covers issues of concern to partners and associates at major law firms in Canada and in - house counsel including C - level executives at Canada's top corporations.

Gary Karl has decades of experience as a corporate partner and as the head of transactional training at a major law firm.

It was only a few years ago that the New York partner at a major international law firm instructed me not to worry about what the Midtown Manhattan law firm neighbors were doing, but to focus on the Big Five accounting firms that were eating into their profits.

Having previously been partner at two major international law firms, he has represented clients across a broad range of commercial, industrial and governmental sectors — including finance, insurance and disputes involving complex technology.

Vidisha, who became one of the youngest lawyers in the country to run a major law firm when she was appointed as Hodge Jones & Allen's new managing partner in January this year, aged 38, was described by the judges at the awards as an «exemplary leader of an inspirational law firm.»

At least one of the private partners in this plan includes a major law firm, who have launched a microsite covering some of the legal and ethical risks involved.